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• The American Dream?

  a Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito

  Khor, Shing Yin,

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  "An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of "The Mother Road," Route 66."

• Birdology

  Adventures With a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur

  Montgomery, Sy

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  "Nature books can be downers, but this book is different. The people we meet—the researchers, rehabbers, enthusiasts, and fanciers with whom the author, in Plimptonesque fashion, immerses herself in order to get closer to her avian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Day It Finally Happens

  Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans -- and Other Possible Phenomena

  Pearl, Mike, 1984-

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  "Pearl speculates on many of the "could it really happen?" scenarios we've all talked about. He assigns each event a probability rating, and takes us through how it would unfold. The final failure of antibiotics, a complete ban on guns in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dinosaur Artist

  Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy

  Williams, Paige,

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  "In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dinosaur Feather

  Gazan, Sissel-Jo, 1973-

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  "Academic advisor Dr. Lars Helland is found dead in his office chair at the University of Copenhagen. In his bloody lap is a copy of one of his postgraduate student's thesis on the saurian origin of birds. The autopsy suggests the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dinosaur Lords

  Milán, Victor,

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  "A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise but dinosaurs predominate, and they are the weapons of choice.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dinosaur Sanctuary

  Kinoshita, Itaru,

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  "Dinosaurs are alive! In 1946, a remote island was discovered where dinosaurs never went extinct. Through breeding and genetic manipulation, dinosaur populations increased and dino-mania reached a fever pitch worldwide--until a certain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dinosaurs

  Millet, Lydia, 1968-

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  "A stunning new novel from the author of A Children's Bible, a National Book Award finalist and one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020. Over twelve novels and two collections Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dinosaurs Without Bones

  Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils

  Martin, Anthony J., 1960-

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  "Martin introduces readers to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils -- such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior -- and how through these remarkable clues, help scientists…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Doctor and the Dinosaurs

  Resnick, Michael D.

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  "Doc Holliday, post-Okay Corral, teams up with a succession of historical figures to battle the enemies of a steampunk America."

• The Ends of the World

  Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

  Brannen, Peter, 1983-

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  "A vivid tour of Earth's Big Five mass extinctions, the past worlds lost with each, and what they all can tell us about our not-too-distant future. Was it really an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs? Or carbon dioxide-driven climate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Hidden Thing

  Oppel, Kenneth, 1967-

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  "Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries-buried rock and sand, lies the skeleton of a massive dinosaur, larger than anything the late nineteenth century world has ever seen. To Samuel Bolt its the "rex", the king dinosaur…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Flintstones

  Russell, Mark, 1971-

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  "Fred and Barney reunite for Mark Russell's modern take on Hanna-Barbera's most famous stone-age family! This new series starring the first family of Bedrock (and civilization, really) tells the story of who we are and why we do what we do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hits & Misses

  Stories

  Rich, Simon,

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  "A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars."

• Impossible Monsters

  Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion

  Taylor, Michael (Michael Hugh), 1988-

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  "When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country's southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jurassic Park

  Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008

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  "An American bioengineering research firm erects a theme park on a Caribbean island, complete with living dinosaurs, and invites a group of scientists to be its first terrified guests."

• The Last Days of the Dinosaurs

  An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

  Black, Riley,

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  "In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt

  Nothdurft, William E.

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  "Between 1910 and 1914, Ernst Stromer, a little-known German paleontologist and explorer, unearthed a wealth of dinosaur fossils in Egypt's Bahariya Oasis. Thirty years later, Stromer's discoveries were destroyed in a WWII Allied bombing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost World

  Being An Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the Daily Gazette

  Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

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  "The first in Arthur Conan Doyle's series of books featuring the popular character of Professor Challenger, The Lost World is a classic tale of adventure and discovery. A scientific team embarks on an expedition to a South American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Low Chicago

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  In George R. R. Martin's latest Wild Cards adventure, a gang of criminals are scattered across time and threaten the stability of the world. Perfect for current fans and new readers alike, Low Chicago is an all-new time travel adventure…Read moreRead more of this annotation